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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Ippolito in early opera

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Via Ovid's "Heroines", Fedra had made her way onto many early librettos. She is mentioned explicitly in operas on Arianna, Dido, Medea and Hypsipile.

An early case: Faustini, "Egisto" -- has Fedra along with Dido as criticising Cupido for his tricks -- and in the league of abandoned women.

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